Amid the swashbuckling and shoot-outs, the ethos and humour recall the straighter-faced <i>Discworld</i> books

SFX

Mason's writing is lively and engaging, and his message of tolerance is a potent one

- Philip Womack, Literary Review

A hugely entertaining and comic fantasy story that will have young readers enchanted. Conrad Mason has filled his story with characters to rival those in any of Terry Pratchett's <i>Discworld</i> novels

Book Zone For Boys

Se alle

Sparkling and energetic, it's full of wit and comic timing, with piratical idioms galore . . . I think this rip-roaring fantasy adventure is going to win a loyal - and thoroughly deserved - following

The Bookbag

Brilliantly drawn, with wonderfully descriptive passages, and excitement and tension aplenty, this story cleverly intermingles the worlds of humans and mythical beings, so that its hardly seems like a fantasy novel at times

- Steve Pird, The School Librarian

'We're the Demon's Watch, son. Protectors of Port Fayt. Scourge of all sea scum. Don't tell me you've never heard of us?'Half-goblin boy Joseph Grubb lives in Fayt, a bustling trading port where elves, trolls, fairies and humans live side by side. Fed up of working at the Legless Mermaid tavern, Grubb dreams of escape - until a whirlwind encounter with a smuggler plunges him into Fayt's criminal underworld. There he meets the Demon's Watch and learns of their mission to save the port from a mysterious and deadly threat. Can Grubb and his new allies uncover the dark plot in time, or will they end up as fish food in Harry's Shark Pit?
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Don't tell me you've never heard of us?'Half-goblin boy Joseph Grubb lives in Fayt, a bustling trading port where elves, trolls, fairies and humans live side by side. Fed up of working at the Legless Mermaid tavern, Grubb dreams of escape - until a whirlwind encounter with a smuggler plunges him into Fayt's criminal underworld.
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An accessible, rip-roaring adventure full of pirates, magical creatures and unlikely heroes. This is fantasy at its best.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780552572040
Publisert
2014
Utgiver
Vendor
Corgi Childrens
Vekt
297 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
26 mm
Aldersnivå
JC, 02
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
416

Forfatter

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Conrad Mason was born in 1984. He studied Classics at Cambridge University, and now works in London as an Editor of children's fiction.